Applications of Special Warfare

With special forces recently in the spotlight battling the Islamic State, or Daesh; in Iraq, and Syria. It has become the focal point of much scrutiny by the intelligence community, and the military community on the whole. An order to facilitate these discussions about the future of special forces in the war fighting arsenal, an occasional paper has been produced an order to help the military and intelligence leadership of the United States better coordinate their preparations for how to battle threats of the future. This paper also analyses the military preparedness of foes and allies past and present, an order to better understand the sort of threats that not only the United States, but that the allies of the United States may face as well.